Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Cigna, Sr.

Kenneth M. Cigna, Sr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Exportation of scanner's internal image auto-segmentation
    Patent number: 8390877
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for exporting metadata from an image capture device, for example a scanner, preferably using a standard application programming interface. The metadata may be associated with a pixel, a page, or a region/object of the image, and could be used by an application, for example, to improve the quality of the image when printed or to facilitate the conversion from a single layer of image information to multi-mask mixed raster content (MRC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolph A. Rodrigues, Ralph H. Huedepohl, Matthew A. Ippolito, Todd W. Glatz, Kenneth M. Cigna, Sr., David B. Baum, Gene M. Nitschke
  • Exportation of scanner's internal image auto-segmentation
    Publication number: 20080291507
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for exporting metadata from an image capture device, for example a scanner, preferably using a standard application programming interface. The metadata may be associated with a pixel, a page, or a region/object of the image, and could be used by an application, for example, to improve the quality of the image when printed or to facilitate the conversion from a single layer of image information to multi-mask mixed raster content (MRC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolph A. Rodrigues, Ralph H. Huedepohl, Matthew A. Ippolito, Todd W. Glatz, Kenneth M. Cigna, SR., David B. Baum, Gene M. Nitschke